Trip to micromaltster, Valley Malt, in Hadley, MA

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I had the pleasure of going to see Andrea and Christian Stanley this weekend at Valley Malt. They are a husband and wife team that run a craft malting facility called Valley Malt. They began with a 1 ton per week system and are now up to 4 ton system. They are cool people and use all local and organic grains. They have done some unusual stuff like smoked triticale. I will post some pics if I can figure out the picture system. They were working on malts for Brooklyn Brewery and Dogfish Head, so they have gotten a lot of respect in the industry quickly.